Zmarł w domu opieki The Warren Barr Pavilion w Chicago. Miał 84. lata. Został pochowany na miejscowym cmentarzu Graceland.
Wybrana dyskografia Jako lider lub współlider 1953 Bud Freeman and the Summa Cum Laude Orchestra/Joe Marsala and His Orchestra – Battle Of Jazz, Volume 1 (Brunswick) 1954 Comes Jazz (Columbia) Bud Freeman and the Chicagoans (Paramount Records) 1955 Test of Time (Bethlehem) Bud Freeman – Classics in Jazz (Capitol) Midnight at Eddie Condon’s with Bud Freeman’s All Star Orchestra (EmArcy) Bud Freeman and His Famous Chicagoans – Jazz: Chicago Style (Columbia) 1957 Bud Freeman All Star Jazz (Harmony Records) The Bud Freeman Group (Stere-O-Craft) 1958 Chicago/Austin High School Jazz in Hi-Fi (RCA Victor) Bud Freeman and His Summa Cum Laude Trio (Dot Records) 1959 Dixieland U.S.A.